India's Health Ministry has gone bonkers. Officially. No wonder #Nonsense_Modi, #NonsenseSambitPatra and the ilk are trending.
In today's briefing, they discussed a Delhi serological survey that tests for presence of relevant antibodies in people...
In today's briefing, they discussed a Delhi serological survey that tests for presence of relevant antibodies in people...
Nearly 23% of those surveyed were found to have the anti-bodies. If extrapolated & NCT Delhi's population is 2 Crore, this implies 46 Lakh are infected!
Officially confirmed case count is 1 Lakh 23 Thousand!
Yet the slide boldly says "ONLY 22.86% affected"...
Officially confirmed case count is 1 Lakh 23 Thousand!
Yet the slide boldly says "ONLY 22.86% affected"...
No one asked, and officials themselves did not address, why the study results haven't led to large scale resignations of bureaucrats/ministers in Delhi/the Centre...
Neither was the scarier question of implications for rest of India. 23% of India's population is 30 Crore...
Neither was the scarier question of implications for rest of India. 23% of India's population is 30 Crore...
Also, what are the journalists who are graciously permitted to ask questions doing? Are they intellectually challenged or amoral?
You can watch the entire farcical briefing here -
pib.gov.in/WebcastMore.as…
You can watch the entire farcical briefing here -
pib.gov.in/WebcastMore.as…
Alternately you can read the thread by @VidyaKrishnan who live-tweeted the briefing. You wouldn't know whether to laugh or to weep.
